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🥊 Mark Thompson finishes a new personal record deadlift of 425 pounds. ----------------------
⏳ Mark started training a few years ago and has made steady progress ever since. Even with a late start in his 40's, he's got plenty of years of gains left to come! ----------------------
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🏋️‍♀️Maggie deadlifting 270 lbs for three reps. ---------------------
🎞 She had a hard enough time with less than half this weight not long ago. A fractured knee cap from high school kept her in pain for years after the injury. Squats and deadlifts were at first very difficult, but persistence paid off and her knee is better than ever!
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💪 At 74 years young, Leah Rogers decided she wanted to get stronger. She's always been active and even competed a few triathlons. In an effort to combat both the aging process and Parkinson's disease, she squats, presses and deadlifts adding a little weight to the bar each time she trains. 🎥 Shown here is an easy set of three reps with 40 lbs on the bar. She has lots of progress to come -- she's a great example that it's never too late to develop your strength!
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Ben pulls 225 for 🖐🏻
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Ben came to us 3 months ago from about 45 minutes away to get coaching on his lifts. He had complained about some back and wrist pain. After a couple 1-on-1 sessions he decided to join our evening group training.
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A couple weeks into training Ben had tweaked his back. We reset his weights a little bit and still had him squat. We reminded him that he's not made of glass and his back would get better. The very next session he was feeling better and we added weight to the bar.
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Ben informed me last week that after his sessions he has been stopping by the local Burger King to get a couple sandwiches. At about 165lbs Ben has been eating a lot in order to gain weight and fuel his workouts. He has gotten much stronger since day 1 and there is no more back or wrist pain.
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Ben also told us last night that this is the first time in 4 years that he has deadlifted 225 for 5 and he told us it was much easier than the last time he did it. We are excited to see Ben's progress as his journey of strength continues!
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After some convincing from his wife Bob decided to try barbell training, and at 70 years old this was no easy feat. On day 1 we started by teaching him how to squat by sitting on a box and driving up with his hips. Bob was weak and even standing up with his body weight was tough.
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After a month of consistent training Bob is now squating with a bar on his back and no box underneath him. Yesterday he deadlifted an easy set of 5 at 95 pounds. Not only is Bob building strength but he has also become more confident in the gym, and is enjoying strength training more than he ever thought he would.
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Following Bob's third session he told us, "I really appreciate what you're doing and want to thank you because this is going to be good for me, and you probably don't hear that enough" This is exactly why we do what we do as Starting Strength coaches, we help people get stronger in order to live a longer healthier life.
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